BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6123, 9 March 1898, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

THIS DAT. A meeting. of the Board of Education was held at the Board-room, Normal School, this morning ; present — Messrs T. W. Adams (chairman), C. A. C. Hardy, J. Munnings, D. Buddo, H. W. Peryman, A, Saunders, J. Rennie, R. Westenra and T. S. Weston. ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS. The Chairman said that voting papers for the election of members of the Board had been received from 152 committees, but three papers were not posted till after the time prescribed by the Education Act, and one, not being Bigried, was informal. The 148 properly recorded votes were given as follows :— For Mr C. A. C. Hardy 137, Mr A. Saunders 118, Mr M. Dalziel, jun., 85, Mr J. L. Scott 61, Mr J. R. Brunt 26. Mr J. Richardson 9. He had, therefore, to declare Messrs C. k. C. Hardy, A. Saunders and M. Dalziel, jun., duly elected as members of the Board. BUILDING COMMITTEE'S REPORT. A latter 'ff&9. teoeived from the Department, notifying the allocation of .£6OOO as the Board's share of the vote for school buildyaga, and advising that in the dißtributi,<?n of this vote in future years it would probably become necessary to pay less regard than had hitherto been paid to the proportionate population of the several districts; also stating that the Board would shortly be advised as to the conditions under which claims might be made upon the vote available for special assistance in newly-settled districts. It was decided to take no action \intil the Department's further advice should be received, when it would be oecessary to make urgent representations with regard to the need of teachers' houses, and to the large ; number of buildings to be kept in repair. The report dealt in detail with a large number of small improvements at various schools, and advocated the inspection of j the St Albans sewer, which had become blocked with willow roots. The following tenders wore accepted : — G-. Petrie, alterations to school buildings, Prebbleton, £230 j B. P. Manhire, repairs to caretaker's cottage, Sydenham, .£8 ss ; W, levelling and claying ground B.urvyopa, £26 ; W. Cooke, re-roofipg- antf repairing school, Kaikou.ra ew.b,Yl?bftUj 432 OS, ' . T h ?.o]pK ef Wovkg was msfcnteted to call for lenders foi painting tile following schools :— Little Biver (side), Wftinui, Flinch Farm, Barry' 3 Bay, Duvauchelle's Bay (also tank and some minor improvements), Robinson's ,, Bay, v German Bay ! (main), Akaroa and Le Bon's Bay. The report was adopted on the motion of Mr Peryman, seconded by' the Chairi man. APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE'S REPORT. The report of the Appointments Committee recommended Elizabeth Webster, Mary M'Keown and Annie' Miller as pupilteachers at, the Sydenham School, and Agnes Esther Kemp in a similar capacity atflthe Harewood Road School. Miss EtHel Thomas was appointed pupil-teacher at Bur wood. Mr W. A. Banks was recom* . mended for appointment as master at Belfast, and Mr A. Taylor was appointed assistant master at Fendalton, vice Mr E. V. Hudson, who had obtained an appointment in the North Island. Ihe report recommended the following appointments: — Mr B. Penlington as master at Selwyn, Mr W. J. Boyce as master at Mount Grey Downs, and Miss Nellie Williams as pupil-teacher at Christchurch East. The resignations of Mr W. A. Banks, master at Lincoln, and of Miss M. Gibson, mistress at Christchurch East, were received and accepted. Inspection reports were received from Mr Ritchie on the Greenpark, Lincoln, Broadfield, Temp^ton, Springston and Springston South schools. THE SUMNKB COMPLAINT. A letter was received from the com* mittee to the the effect that Miss Budden had not received notice of their intention to take evidence in the matter of Mr Wrenn's complaint, owing to the fact that Miss Budden had written a letter emphatically stating that she had sot struck Leonard Wrenn on; the face with a book, j and that all the committee had done was to take evidence in support of the complaint, which, together with a copy of Miss Budden's letter, had been forwarded to the Board. It was pointed out to the committee that the Board could not act upon evidence taken in the absence of the accused. It was also resolved that the "pointer" incident appeared too ancient to be discussed, and that with regard to the complaint of having struck the boy with a book, which the mistress denied, the whole matter was of too trifling a nature for further and serious consideration. The report was adopted on the motion of Mr Weston, seconded by Mr Westenra. SCHOLARSHIPS. The Gammack scholarship of iB6O, tenable for three years,- at the Girls' High School, was awarded to Miss Mabel Connon. The Board further decided to grant Miss Lulu Wilkinson a proportionate amount of a £40 scholarship for the four winter months, to enable her to attend school while living at home, also that Percy Prebble's scholarship should be of the amount of .£4O per annum. A letter from the School Committees' Association, in reference to the Board's decision regarding students' allowances, was referred to the Normal School Committea for report. The annual report of the Board to the Education Department having been read and approved, -the Board, at 1.30, went into committee to consider a supplementary report from the Appointments Committee, and on resuming adjourned.